Weed-burning appliance.



G. L. ONEALE.

WEED BURNING APPLIANCE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.18, 1909.

955,425. Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

. v INVENTOR. WITNESSEAS' y nn'rrnn sra Parana @FFitQE GEORGE L. GNEALE,OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

WEED-BURNING APPLIANCE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. ONEALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ineed-Burning Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

The hereinafter described invent-ion relates to that class of burnersdesigned for use in connection with a railway car for the destruction ofweeds and vegetation within and alongside the tracks of the roadway, theobject being to increase the working area of the burner by providing thesame with laterally extended side members or wings, which project to aconsiderable distance beyond the rails of the trackway in order to applya flame for the destruction of the weeds or vegetation adjacent therails. In order to gain this increase in the burning area of the burner,it is required that the laterally ex tended members or side wings behinged to the body portion of the burner to swing upwardly at a rightangle thereto, so that the said members may be raised or swung upwardlyto clear the sides of cattle guards and the walls of tunnels during thetravel of the car carrying the improved burner.

To comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the accompanyingsheet of drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a broken side View of a car withthe weed burner applied thereto, the laterally extended wing of theburner being illustrated in raised position. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the mechanism disclosed by Fig. 1 of the drawings, the position ofthe raised wing when lowered being illustrated in dotted lines.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a suitable car for carryingthe weed burner, and 2 a swinging ladder hinged to the forward end of anauxiliary platform 3 on the car 1. At the outer end of the swingingladder 2 is held the weed burning appliance, which comprises a suitablebody portion +1 containing and holding, in the present case, a pluralityof depending oil burners 5, for directing a flame onto the surface ofthe road bed between the rails 6 6. These burners receive oil from thetubes or pipe coils 7 the oil being delivered thereto from the feed pipe8 carried by the swinging ladder 2, and which is hinged to the supplypipe Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 18,

Patented Apr. 19, 1210.

1909. Serial No. 484,247.

9 leading from an oil reservoir on the auxiliary platform 3.

To the sides of the body of the oil burner, the laterally extended wings1010 are hinged, each wing being comprised of oil tubes carrying aplurality of oil burners 11. These wings are hinged to the side oilcoils of the body of the oil burner and receive I oil therefrom, thejoint between these parts being of any suitable character. From the wing10 extends a lifting cable 12, which leads over a pulley 12 and underthe pulley 13 carried at the outer end of the swinging ladder 2 and isextended over a pulley 13 held in the frame 13 on the auxiliary platform3, its free end being connected to a hand lever 14, which engages withthe quadrant 14. As the attendant of the car, during the travel thereof,throws inwardly the lever 14, a pulling strain is exerted on the cable12 to raise or elevate the wing 10 into a vertical position so as toclear obstructions alongside of the rail 6 of the trackway. Similarly,from the side wing 10 extends a lifting cable 15, which leads overpulley 15 and under pulley 16 carried at the outer end of the swingingladder, and is extended over a pulley 16, its free end being connectedto a hand lever 17, which engages with a quadrant, not shown. As in thecase of the hand lever 14, when the operator throws inwardly the lever17, a pulling strain is exerted on the cable 15 to raise or elevate thewing 10 into a vertical position so as to clear obstructions alongsideof the rail 6 of the trackway. The laterally extended hinged wings 1010lower by gravity, on the release of the hand levers 14-17. By being thusenabled to raise or elevate the laterally extended wings 1010 so as toclear obstructions adjacent the rails and to reduce the width of theburner as the car moves between the side walls of cattle guards and intotunnels, I am enabled to give to the burner a greater range than wherethe same is confined to substantially the width of the track proper, forthe ex tended side wing portions of the burner will place a flame at aconsiderable distance beyond the sides of the track, approximately sevenfeet. The effectiveness of the burner is thus considerably increased asto the con sumption of the weeds or vegetation, for the area of itsconsuming flame is materially extended.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new and desiredto be proteeted by Letters Patent is In a Weed burning appliance forrailway purposes, the combination with a car, a supporting ladderprojecting from one end thereof a weed burner carried at the outer endthereof, the same comprising a body portion provided With a plurality ofburners, an extended Wing carrying a plurality of burners hinged to eachside of the body portion of the burner, devices on the car for operatingthe hinged Wings to elevate the same to clear obstructions alongside ofthe rails over which the ear travels, and connections between the saiddevices and the laterally extended Wings of the burner.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE L. UNEALE. lVitnesses YVILLIAM D. BRADEN, S. A. STEWART.

